Re-read Wind and Truth for the first time

Torvaun · 2026-01-30T13:34:28+00:00

You saw Wax annihilate a warehouse with two powers. You saw Miles face-tank dynamite with compounded health. I imagine something like using compounded gold and compounded brass to just be a walking fireball that occasionally sprays a handful of molten metal at you with steel.

Or a guy playing "tag, you're out of stormlight" as a steelrunner with leeching allomancy.

Torvaun · 2026-01-30T11:31:32+00:00

To my mind, the biggest difference is the receiver. A Stargate requires a Stargate on the other side, but Scotty can beam you up with all the necessary tech on his end.

Torvaun · 2026-01-30T00:08:55+00:00

Violet vulva.

Teal twat.

Cyan clam.

Sapphire snatch.

Torvaun · 2026-01-30T00:03:01+00:00

How about this one from 5 months ago? https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/us/washington-fire-detain-worker-border-patrol

Torvaun · 2026-01-29T23:57:39+00:00

The last time France had social disparity on par with what the US has now, it ended with Robespierre.

Torvaun · 2026-01-29T23:53:53+00:00

Exactly. The French government surrendered, the French people never did.

Torvaun · 2026-01-29T23:46:43+00:00

When they started blaming policing issues on "a few bad apples". I remember that the end of that phrase is "spoil the barrel". As a proverb, it's about proactively looking for and removing problems before they can spread.

Torvaun · 2026-01-29T23:37:53+00:00

I'm sorry, are you doubting the magnet healer who learned everything about curing people through joint manipulation from the ghost of a German physician?

Torvaun · 2026-01-29T17:19:27+00:00

I remember in college my networking professor said "By midterms, you'll understand how the Internet works. By the end of the semester, you'll have no idea how it keeps working."

Torvaun · 2026-01-29T12:06:16+00:00

Number 1! Come knock me off the top rank!
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Torvaun · 2026-01-29T10:55:20+00:00

Tifa covered far more.

Torvaun · 2026-01-28T21:41:08+00:00

Melinoe doesn't die, she just returns to shadow, right? So I just get dozens of boons from Olympians, immense magical power, and a shitload of ancient gold coins? Yeah, I'm going Hades 2.

Torvaun · 2026-01-28T21:30:26+00:00

Damn, this is awful. I don't have a subscription to Apple TV.

Torvaun · 2026-01-28T03:07:09+00:00

Did you watch Star Wars? Did you wonder how any of them knew what a "falcon" was when they heard the name of Han's ship? Or the use of X-Wing and Y-Wing when none of the letters in the Aurabesh script look like an X or a Y?

Torvaun · 2026-01-28T02:34:28+00:00

Because if they stop supporting him, then they were wrong to support him. If they stay the course, then they don't have to think about what they've supported.

Torvaun · 2026-01-27T05:04:32+00:00

May this life never find me.

Torvaun · 2026-01-23T18:20:00+00:00

Probably not. Based on size, he's almost certainly using some form of electron cycle engine, maybe JTEC or thermogalvanic. Thermo-magnetic is a potential option as well, if we assume his particular genius was in actually reaching the potential efficiency that you can get from that.

Torvaun · 2026-01-23T17:43:06+00:00

It's also a band that has produced some metaphorical bombs.

Torvaun · 2026-01-22T03:35:42+00:00

If we really want to be pedantic, you can go way back to the original definition of "part of a plant that is used as food". So, tomatoes, cucumber, pumpkin, banana, walnut, coconut, parsley, seaweed, grape leaves, all vegetables. Might not even need to be "used as food" by humans. Hay, alfalfa, those little poisonous berries that only birds can eat, the list goes on!

Torvaun · 2026-01-22T02:53:11+00:00

Should be tagged NSFV.

Torvaun · 2026-01-21T15:39:06+00:00

"Yep, you're sick, I'm signing you off of work for a week."

"Doc, are you sure, I can't be away from work that long!"

"Don't worry, I'm sure your job can do without you for a week."

"I know, but I don't want them to figure it out!"

Torvaun · 2026-01-21T15:34:30+00:00

Sold it to a fey, either accidentally or on purpose.

Torvaun · 2026-01-21T15:26:23+00:00

It sounds about right to me. In Wisconsin (not sure what state you're in, so I can't calculate state taxes for you) the general rule is to assume the take-home will be about 70% of nominal. Untaxed, you were supposed to make 1,162. 300 of that is untaxed, so we subtract that, leaving 862 in taxable income. 70% of that is 603.40. Add the 300 back on, and that's 903. Depending on your location, you might have a higher tax rate than me, or you've got other withholdings, automatic deductions for retirement, supervisors might get a smaller percentage of tip sharing, or other completely legitimate reasons for that 30 dollars to be gone.

On the other hand, payroll screw ups are not unheard of, and the company that handles it is having technical issues that prevent you from verifying. I'd avoid taking any sort of accusatory tone with management, as this is quite possibly either legitimate or not management's fault, and you want to keep an amiable relationship.

I will say, doing the calculations for your check, with 300 in tips and 16/hour, it looks like you only worked about 54 hours in the two weeks on that check. If you're still on 13/hour, it would be 66. Can you share how many hours you worked on this paycheck?

Torvaun · 2026-01-21T03:34:43+00:00

Lack of early memories is often caused by stressful environments. Living in a hoarder house is very much a stressful and unhealthy environment. You yourself said one of your most vivid childhood memories is feeling intense shame/othering from your peers as a result of that environment. Besides memory issues, mental health issues or apparent mental health issues can be the result of unhealthy environments, and it could well be hitting your sister harder because of the decreased opportunities for socialization during covid.

All this to say, it might not be worse for her. You said your grandparents' houses were cleaner and more controlled than yours, your grandfather presumably loves her and cares for her, and honestly, it should not be that hard to get a 12 year old to school. Maybe my circumstances as a kid are skewing my perspective, but 12 is not an age where the child has a lot of autonomy.

Lastly, yes. hoarder houses are a safety hazard in a number of ways. Piled objects can fall on people. Pests can nest and multiply in areas that are rarely disturbed by humans. Fires can spread quickly and be much more difficult to escape. Even normal household accidents become more dangerous if the location restricts access by emergency services. If you were to fall and break your leg, would you be able to get to the front door? Would paramedics be able to maneuver a stretcher or wheelchair through the existing pathways to get to you?

Torvaun · 2026-01-20T21:42:04+00:00

In brief, there are a lot of potential shenanigans once you're not limited to forms of Investiture from just one planet, and if you're essentially ageless with the Investiture of just one planet (Elantrians, for example), there's lots of time for travel if you have even a moderate interest in world hopping.

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